希伯来书［第10章］
Book of Hebrews 10
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希伯来书［第10章|Book of Hebrews 10【百分百的得胜之路】
19/01/2022
一、基督百分百献上自己（V1-18）
1.照神旨意献上身体（V1-10）
虽说旧约的献祭是由天父所定，透过摩西设立，然而它并未进到神完全的心意里。因为人的罪与公牛和山羊的血并无真正的关系。并且这些动物被宰杀时，并不是自愿，也不晓得自己被献为祭的意义，所以动物的血并不能除去我们这些有道德意识的人类的罪。唯独主耶稣所献的祭才能使人完全。旧约的律法和献祭只是将来美事的影儿，都指向基督。
V5-10主来并不是以其他外在的东西或牲畜来献上为祭。祂是以自己的身体，并且经文重复说到祂是按照父神的旨意。所以神的儿女，我们也当效法基督，按照父神的旨意，献上身体为活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的，我们如此侍奉乃是理所当然的（罗12:1）。因为，身体若不献给神用，就会随己意或让撒旦使用。身体没有被神掌管时，就会放纵肉体的情欲，以致被它辖制。
2. 一次献上永远完全（V11-18）
旧约的献祭是祭司必须天天站着屡次献祭，那是因为祭司所献的祭物并不能除罪。再说祭司也是罪人。但，耶稣的献上是毫无保留的百分百献上。但很常我们的献上都不是百分百，这也是为什么耶稣所做的是永远完全，我们做的却经常无法达到长远的果效，以至于我们无法像主那样，做完了就可以坐下来得享安息。而是劳劳碌碌却事倍功半，吃力不讨好。
V14-16说到，主耶稣的献上不但使我们成为了那得以成圣的人，得着那成圣的地位。但是，生活上的成圣，却是我们需要努力追的。所以，神将祂的话语用灵刻在我们的心版上，又将圣灵保慰师赐给我们，以至于我们的生活表现，在言行、思想、喜好上都能够百分百得胜。因为，神的话，神的灵都在我们里面。当我们的生命装满神的话，并且又有神的灵带领，说真的，想要不突破都难。
二、迈向百分百得胜之路（V19-23）
圣殿里的圣所和至圣所中间是被幔子给隔开的。目的就是要挡住有罪的人进入至圣所的路，人跟神的关系是断开的。
当耶稣在十字架呼出最后一口气时，圣殿的幔子裂开了。让我们藉着主流出的宝血，得以坦然进入至圣所亲近神。主耶稣为我们开了一条又新又活的路、与神关系被回复的路。这条路不像VTL，因受病毒的影响，所以只有少数人可以得着。基督这一条又新又活的路是为所有人开放的，而且是超越所有属世和属灵的病毒。因此，不但我们这些属祂的儿女要常常走在这条路上，加强我们与神已经修复的关系。我们更是要在这条路上与别人恢复关系，并帮助别人与神恢复关系的道路上。
三、坚持到底的终必得胜（V24-39）
主耶稣百分百的献上，为我们开了这百分百的得胜之路。照理说，基督徒的生活应该是很有能力，很荣耀的才对。但是为什么我们还是有很多的软弱，要学的属灵功课总是学不会，争战中常被仇敌打得落花流水，像斗败的公鸡那样？
要在这一条又新又活的路上能站稳并得胜：
1.不可停止聚会（V24-31）
主虽为我们开通了这条百分百的得胜之路，基督徒还是会面对严冬。要如何在这路上走得稳妥，不滑倒、不被冻死？很重要的其中一点就是不可停止聚会。在末后的艰难时刻，主的肢体要紧密的连接。像羊群在严冬挤在一起彼此保暖一样的彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善。
因着疫情，网上聚会很普遍。有些弟兄姐妹，今天喜欢就上美国某教会的网站，明天上台湾的，后天又上香港某教会的装备课程。其实这样的情况就像一颗萌芽的果树，你想想，今天在在美国的泥土里，明天把它拔出换去台湾，树还没扎稳，又拔出来，种到香港的泥土里，你说，这树能健康成长吗？很难，所以更不要说结果子。
还有现在的许多网上无国界牧养，确实可以有更广和不同国籍的组员透过网上参与小组。但正所谓，远亲不如近邻，远水救不了近火。如果组员遇到很大很急的困难，需要帮助时，身在国外的组长，其实也有许多束手无策的时候。还有隔着屏面，要建立真正深厚的关系，其实也不容易。而且，我不知道大家，但我自己就发现，在zoom、线上聚会，确实使我的灵命退步，对神也越来越缺乏敬畏。更不用说有机会操练生命，结出属灵的果子，彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善。
人与人之间要有真实互动，才会学习到爱和包容，磨出谦卑柔和的生命。所以，弟兄姐妹，今天我们能回到实体聚会、小组，我们真的要珍惜，因为这是神的心意。也是操练和建造我们属灵生命成长的平台。不然我们会很容易让自己陷于冷淡、背道的危险境地而随流失去。就像V26所形容的，得知真道以後，还故意犯罪，以致赎罪的祭就再没有了。结局就是等候烈火的审判。
2.常常追念往日（V32-34）
使徒保罗告诉我们，在奔跑天路的当儿，我们要常常追念往日神怎么带领我们度过一个个的难关。因为这样不但可以帮助我们常存感恩的心，天天数算神的恩典，也能致死我们的肉体。因知道我们离了主，什么都不能做。而且当我们越感恩就越多领受神的爱和更多去爱人。
3.再忍多一点点（V35-39）
使徒保罗些希伯来书的其中一个目的是要鼓励当时正面对逼迫的犹太信徒，已经打退堂鼓，放弃了信仰。同样的，我们观看现在世界的局势，已经靠近终结了。黑暗权势都在做最后的垂死挣扎，拼命攻击混乱神的儿女。但我们要为真理勇敢地站立不妥协。
此外，要在这一条又新又活的路上能站稳并节节得胜，在困境中坚持忍耐到底的心是非常重要的。很常我们就是因为少了那么一点点的坚持和忍耐，所以输给了仇敌，要从头再来学习功课。
总结：成为百分百的大赢家
耶稣基督照神旨意百分百的献上自己的身体，为我们成就了永远完全的救赎。为我们开了一条又新又活的路，是一条已经百分之百的得胜之路。在危难试炼中，让我们依靠圣灵坚持到底，就必能成为主基督百分之百得胜之路里的百分百大赢家！
Hebrews 10: The Path To 100 Percent Victory
GK611 Morning Devotion
19/01/2022
Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan + Rev David Tan
1. Christ Offers Himself 100% (v1-18)
(1) The offering of the body according to the will of God (v1-10)
Although the sacrifice of the Old Testament was ordained by the Father and instituted through Moses, yet it did not enter into the full kindness of God. For the sin of man had no real relation to the blood of bulls and goats. Moreover, these animals were not slaughtered voluntarily, nor did they know the meaning of their sacrifice, so the blood of animals does not take away the sins of us morally conscious human beings. Only the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus can make a man whole. The Old Testament law and sacrifices are only a shadow of the things to come, and it all points to Christ.
V5-10 The Lord did not come with other external things or animals to offer as a sacrifice. He came with His own body, and the scriptures repeat that He came according to the will of God the Father. Therefore, children of God, let us also follow the example of Christ and offer our bodies as a living sacrifice according to the will of God the Father, which is holy and pleasing to God, and it is only right that we serve in this way (Rom 12:1). For if the body is not offered for God's use, it will be used at one's own will or by Satan. When the body is not ruled by God, it indulges the lusts of the flesh to the point of being ruled by it.
(2) Once offered forever complete (v11-18)
The Old Testament sacrifice was that the priest had to stand daily and offer repeatedly, that was because the sacrifice offered by the priest did not remove sin. Besides, the priests were also sinners. However, Jesus' offering was a 100% offering without reservation. Many times, the offering we offer up is not 100%. That is why what Jesus did is always complete, but what we do often fails to achieve long-term results, that we cannot sit down and rest after we have done it, as the Lord did. Instead, we toil and toil, the result would only be half of our effort. V14-16 says that the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus not only makes us the sanctified ones, but also gives us the status of sanctification. However, sanctification in life is something we need to strive for. Therefore, God has engraved His word in our hearts and given us the Comforter of the Holy Spirit, so that we can be 100% victorious in our life performance, in our words, thoughts, and preferences. For the Word of God and the Spirit of God are in us. When our lives are filled with the word of God and led by the Spirit of God, it is really hard not to break through.
2. The Way to 100% Victory (v19-23)
The Holy of Holies in the temple was separated from the Most Holy Place by a veil. The purpose was to block the way of the sinful man to enter the Most Holy Place, and man's relationship with God was disconnected.
When Jesus breathed his last on the cross, the veil of the temple was split open. Through the blood of the Lord, we can enter the Holy of Holies openly and draw near to God. Jesus opened a new and living way for us, a way to be restored to our relationship with God. This way is not like VTL, which is affected by a virus, so only a few people can get it. This new and living path of Christ is open to all, and is beyond all earthly and spiritual viruses. Therefore, not only do we, His children, have to walk on this path often to strengthen our already restored relationship with God. More than that, we are to be on this path of restoring relationships with others and helping others to restore their relationship with God.
3. He Who Perseveres to the End Will Triumph (v24-39)
The Lord Jesus' 100% dedication opens the way for us to be 100% victorious. In theory, the Christian life should be very powerful and glorious. But why do we still have so many weaknesses and fail to learn the spiritual lessons we need to learn, and are often beaten by the enemy in battles, like a defeated rooster?
To be able to stand firm and triumph in this new and living way:
(1) Do not stop the meeting (v24-31)
Although the Lord has opened this path of 100% victory for us, Christians will still face a severe winter. How do we stay on this road without slipping and freezing to death? One of the most important things is not to stop meeting. In the hard times of the end, the members of the Lord must be closely connected. Like sheep huddled together to keep each other warm in a severe winter, they should care for each other, inspire love, and encourage good deeds.
Because of the epidemic, online meetings are common. Some brothers and sisters, today they like to go to the website of a church in America, tomorrow to Taiwan, and the day after tomorrow to the equipping course of a church in Hong Kong. In fact, such a situation is like a budding fruit tree. Think about it, today it is in the soil of America, tomorrow it is pulled out and replaced with Taiwan, before the tree is firmly established, it is pulled out again and planted in the soil of Hong Kong. Do you think this tree will be able to grow healthy? It’s difficult, not to mention bearing fruit.
There are also many online pastoral care without borders nowadays, which indeed allows a wider and different nationality of group members to participate in the group through online. But as the saying goes, a distant relative is none better than a close neighbor, and distant water cannot put out a nearby fire. If a group member encounters a great and urgent difficulty and needs help, there are many times when the group leader, who is abroad, is actually at his wits' end. It's not easy to build a real deep relationship across the screen. Also, I don't know about everyone, but I myself have found that meeting in zoom, gathering online, has really caused me to regress spiritually and to have a growing lack of fear of God. Not to mention the opportunity to drill lives, bear spiritual fruit, look out for one another, inspire love, and encourage good works.
People have to have real interaction with each other in order to learn love and tolerance and to grind out a humble and gentle life. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we can return to physical meetings and cell groups today, we really have to cherish it because it is God's intention. It is also a platform to train and build up our spiritual life growth. Otherwise we will easily allow ourselves to be trapped in the dangerous situation of apathy and apostasy and go with the flow. As V26 describes, after learning the truth, one sins willfully, so that the sacrifice for sin is no longer there. The end is to await the fiery judgment.
(2) Always remember the former days (v32-34)
The apostle Paul tells us that while we are running the race of heaven, we should always remember how God led us through a difficult time in the past. For this will not only help us to always be thankful and count God's grace every day, but will also kill our flesh. For we know that we can do nothing apart from the Lord. And as we become more thankful, we will receive more of God's love and love people more.
3. Endure a little more (v35-39)
One of the purposes of the apostle Paul's letter to the Hebrews was to encourage the Jewish believers who were facing persecution at the time and had already backed off and given up their faith. In the same way, as we look at the situation in the world now, it is nearing the end. The powers of darkness are making their last dying struggle, desperately attacking and confusing the children of God. But we are to stand boldly and uncompromisingly for the truth.
Moreover, to be able to stand firm and triumph in this new and living way, it is very important to persevere to the end in the midst of difficulties. Often we lose to the enemy because of a little less perseverance and patience, hence we were defeated by the devil, and have to learn the lesson again from the beginning.
Conclusion: Become a 100% Winner
Jesus Christ gave His body 100% according to the will of God, and accomplished for us eternal and complete salvation. A new and living way has been opened for us, a way that is already 100% victorious. In the midst of trials, let us rely on the Holy Spirit to persevere to the end, and we will become 100% winners in the 100% victorious way of Christ!
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